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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-22

Of the Tribune: an old sherifrs officer
called Mouton, aud Choduart. Tho
latter had, as usual, grown tender over
the fate of the Princes belonging TO the
elder line; and Mouton, the sheriT's
officer, whose political sympathies in
clined toward the republic, went so far
as to say that Charles Y. was an old idiot.
After this Choquart, pale with rage. rose
from his seat and said 10 Mouton:
Il have taken an oath TO slap the face
OF any man who insults my king. /
shall now, therefore, slap yours.
The situation was exceedingly grave
and everybody felt dreadfully uncom-
Portable. Choquart suddenly stopped
short, and said:
Dear me! / owe Mouton a louis.
and can not strike him without first
relmbursing the money. IL would be
ungentlemanly in me to act otherwise
Briitaut, lend me louis, will you, that
l may slap Mouton's facet"
II have no change answered Brif-
faut
"Boufre, quick, lend me louis. that |
may cuh Mouton's ears 2"
My dear Choquart, replied BoufTe
II shall only be too happy to lend YOU
four times the amount outside of this
place, but | can not lend YOU louis for
the purpose you mention"
AT that moment l entered the coffee
house.
"Ah here comes Villemot. " exclaimed
Choquart, and bounding toward me he
said, hurriedly "Lend me louis.
Quick | want TO box Mouton's ears. and
delicacy requires that / should first give
back the louis l owe him"
was at a loss to make out what he
meant.
Don't lend it! don't lend itp' cried
out those who were present.
At that time of life. especially. | had
strong reluctance to lend louis, so l
drew back
The most amusing part of the story is
that Bouiie persuaded Mouton TO believe
that he was no longer in safety
"A louis, you see, is no large sum. -
SAID Bouiie; "Choquart is bound to have
spare one some day, and he will carry
out his threat. If | were you | should
lend him twenty louis; he'll never be
able TO give back so large a sum, and
you are safe for the rest Of your life"
80, after supper, Mouton offered "a
lend Choquart twenty louis, who was
dumbfounded at the proposal. He saw
the danger, but danger had special at.
fractions for him He pocketed the
gold pieces, and said to Monton as he did
so:
Never mind we are not quits yet.
The first time / receive my pension YOU
shall get your ears boxed all the same
Choquart, however, was never able to
command so fabulous sum as twenty
louis at any one time, nor to wreak
righteous vengeance on the offender who
had insulted and slandercd his King
From tie French, in Boston Courier.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-22
TunnelInr the Grenf Divide.

In theproject for tunneling the "Great
Divide" or the Rocky Mountains. the
point proposed TO be tunneled is under
Grays Peak, which rises no less than
H. fcot above the level OF the sea.
At 4, ,I4i feet below the peak, by tunnel
ing from east TO west for %, 900 feet.
direct communication would be opened
between the valleys OF the Atlantic slope
and those OF the Pacific side. This
would shorten the distance between Den
yer, in colorado, and Salt Lake CITY, in
Utah, and consequently the distance be.
tween the Missouri River, say at 81
Louis, and San Francisco 300 miles /:
and there would be little more required
in the way OF ascending or descending
or tunncling mountains. Part OF the
work has already been accomplished.
The country from the Missouri TO the
foot Of the Rockies rises gradually in
rolling prairie till an elevation is reached
Of 5,200 feet above the sea level. The
Rockies themselves rise at various places
to a height exceeding If 900 feet. OF
the twenty most famous passes, only
seven arc below 10, OJO while FIVE are up
ward Of ~, 900 feet, aud one. the ArQen-
tine, is 13, 900 feet OF the seventy. three
important towns in Colorado, only twelve
arc below 5000 feet, ten are over 10. 600
feet, and one is "A, 900 feet. Passes al
such a height are, Of course. o barrier TO
ordinary traffic, and the railways from the
Atlantic TO the Pacific have In conse.
quence made detours Of hundreds OF
miles, leaving rich plains lying on the
western slope Of tho great snowy range
cut Oft from Denver and the
markets Of the East The point from
which II is proposed % tunnel is six
miles due west from Denver. and.
although one Of the highest peaks. IL IL
by far the nauOwcst in the great back
bone OF the American continent. -L0oo.
H0liEe knQineer. JgLnaL.
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ruE LAND or LITTLE PEOPLE.

Far Away, Nid yet 50 noar ms, lies land
where all have bc ~,
Played beside its 5 ,ling W tcrs, danced
along its meadows green,
Where the busy world we ,cll in and its
noises only sccm
like the echo OF tempest or the shr low of
adrcam.
And II grows not old forever. Svor, am
young IL is to-day,
IT'S the land OF little people, Nh''D the
happy childrcn play
And the things they know aud SEQ there arc
so wonderful and grand,
Things that wiser folks and older cannot know
or understands,
In the woods they meet the fairies, lind the
giants i'm their caves,
Sec the palaces OF cloudland aud the murlnur
OF the waves,
Know what all the brides sing OF, hear tho
secrets OF the flowers,
For tho land OF little people is another world
than ours.
Once twas ours; It's ours no longer, for, when
nursery time is DER,
Through the land of little people wo may wan,
der never more.
But we hear their merry voices and we SEQ
them at their play
And our own dark world grows brighter, and
we seem as young as they,
Roaming over shore and meadow, talking TO
the birds and flowers,
For the land OF little people is fairur
world than ours.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-22
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Recipes.

hcNtpcS-
MUFFTNs.-Crcam together one cupful
OF butter and one cupful OF sugar; add
three eggs and one pint Of milk, stirring
well; then add one quart Of wheat flour,
with two toaspoonfuls of baking powder
and one cupful of yellow Indian meal.
Bake In muffin rings in hot oven.
Hot SoUR ArPLE S\ucE. Pare and
quarter the carly sour apples and put to
cook with just sufficient water To keep
from burning. When done, add only
enough sugar TO take off the fiat taste.
then put through sieve into n vegetable
dish; CRATE very little nutmeg on the
top and serve.
POTATO CRoQUETTEs. To make DO
tato croquettes take one dozen OF pota-
toes, one ounce Of butter, one gill of
milk, lard Boil the potatoes until
mealy, put them into bowl, and take
two forks in one hand with the points of
the prongS turned outward; break the
potatoes with them; while breaking add
butter and milk, salt, aud little white
pepper. Beat them until light, then
form into croquettes and fry light
brown in lard.
SWEET WAFERs. Six eggs, one pint
Hour, two ounces melted butter, one and
one-half cups powdered sugar, one cup
milk, one teaspoonful nutmeg. Beat
white and yolks separately and very
stih; rub the sugar and butter together,
and work in first the yolks, then the milk
then the -four and whites. Bake in we'll
buttercd wafer or waffle irons, very
quickly, browning as little as possible.
Roll them while hot upon smooth
round stick not larger than your little
finger, slipping il out carefully when the
cakes take the ght shape.
COOKED CHICKENS. Tender chickens
cooked in the following way are as good
as If they were boiled: Open them in
the back, season and put them in bak
ing pan with little wa or in il. Turn
another pan over il, and bake for an
hour and half or two hours, according
to the size IL they are not brown
enough when nearly done, take off the
upper pan. Cut off the neck before
putting in the oven, and boil it along
with the giblets in half pint OF water,
take the bones out Of the neck; cut that,
the gizzard and the heart into fine pieces.
Mash the liver with spoon, and add
them all, with the water in which they
were boiled to the gravy.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-22
HEALTH HINTS.

DO not let stale flowers remain in n sick
chamber.
1t is claimed that the juice Of lemon
squeezed into a cup OF strong coffee will
afford immediate relief in ncuralgic head
ache
Don't ask convalcscent il nc would
like this or that 20 cat or drink, but pre-
pare the delicacics and present them in a
tempting way.
For n ginpowder burn, keep the
wounds wet with moisture Of linseed
oil and lime water for three days, and
then apply vaseline TO heal
II is better TO sleep upon the back than
upon either side, rs there is in this posi-.
tiOn less compression Of the chest and
less cramping Of the body and limbs.
IN toothache, il the pain extends mp.
ward toward the eye, or takes the form
Of neuralgia, get some horscradish leaves
take out the stems, wet them and apply
to the face over the pain This will
usually give relief
Ear-ache may be cured, says the Beiieal
WOrld, by directing gentle stream Of
water, rs hot as can be borne, directly
into the ear from fountain syringe.
Care must be taken not 90 allow the force
OF the stream 20 become too great. with
this prccautiOn is Is better than pOuticcs
or anOdyues
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South and West.

JEFFERSON DAVIS has written a letter.
ifavoring local option in granting liquor
licenses
A LEAGUE or Personal LIBERTY is
being organized In tho Western States to
counteract the rapid spread OF Prohibition
sentiment.
LIZZIE ABBOTT, aged eleven years. com.
mitted suicide at New Smyrna, Fla She adj
mtted to her mother having taken strych-
nine, and said: Mamma / ann tired of
living | want 10 go TO papa"
JoHN r. Ross Ccolored} wrg - - Rail-
timore Tor tho murder of Emily Brown -
white woman. The oil iect of the murder WAS
90 secure the body and sell IL for dissecting
purposes.
a TREMENDOUS flood has swept away
twenty miles OF track OF the Southern Pacific
Railroad In Arizona.
Two persons were killed and a number 50.
riously injured by the falling OF some rickety,
old sheds in New Orleans.
A GANG OF carpenters were erecting a
trestle forty.flve feet high at the MudforlC
Mines, near Nelsonville, Ohio, when tho wholo
structure fell and all were thrown into tho
gully. Three men were instantly killed and
four seriously injured.
COMMANDMENTS CHIEF FAIRcmLD, OF the
Grand Army Of the Republic, declines TO be-
n candidate for reelection.
The official vote OF the late election I'm
toNHHs JhHb IN TOT pTOniultlOns
lSD,2i3; against prohibition, 22l ,627; maiori-
ty against prohibition, 92,354.
Four men were killed and sixty-one seri-
ously injured by the upsetting Of a construc-
ton train carrying 287 laborers near Lake
lyanhoe, Col.
The twenty regimental and battery monu.
ments built by the State OF Ohio 20 mark the
positions OF Ohio troops i'm the battle OF Get
tysburg were dedicated ON Wednesday. Cow
ernors Beaver, Of Pennsylvania, and Fora
ker, OF Ohio, we're present.
Ex-GovERNoR LUKE r. BLACKBURN, oe
Kentucky, is dead in his seventy first year.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-22
Useful Hints.

All salted provisions must be kept
under the brine.
BluebeTy stains may be removed from
table linen by putting the part stained
into boiling water.
The white Of an egg, with little
water and sugar, is good for children
with an irritable stomach.
Bar soap, when first bought, should be
cut in square pieces and put in dry
place. 1t lasts better after shrinking.
When the knives and folks are sta ned
with egg scour them with common table
salt. Medicine stains can be removed
from spoons in the same manner.
To cut glass jar, fill il with lard OF
to where you want TO cut the jar; then
heat an iron rod or bar 20 red heat inn
merse il in the oil. The unequal expan-
sion will crack the jar all around at the
surface Of the oil, and you can lift off the
top part.
Little cleavcrs or broad headed tacks
easily removed are the best for putting
down mating. They simply catch the
two edges together, holding them firmly
IN place, and can be much more easily
removed than the common CARPET tack
and without injury TO the selvedge Of
the mating.
Castor oil is highly recommended for
softening and preserving shoes. Applied
at night about once month il allows
polishing in the usual way the next morn
ing, and keeps the leather in good con-
dition. One who has tried il for years
says his shoes last nearly twice as long
since he began the practice, and they re
ceiyc higher polish.
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Tips the Beam at 4eO.

On Colonel S. II. Hawkins's Furlow
plantation, in this county, lives one of
the most remarkable old colored couples
that we have heard Of recently. Artemus
Tucker and his wife Narcissus are well
known among the many negroes in that
section, and none command more respect
from their race than they. cart" as he
IS familiarly called is eighth years
old, and for the past fifty-three con
secutlve years has lived on the place.
Narcissus, his queen, is nearly sixty
years old aud tips the beam at 42O
pounds in her stockings, while her liege
lord scarcely weighs 100 pounds. Her
only duty Is to milk the cows and attend
to the butter, and not small number Of
our citizens can attest the fact that il is
duty we'll performed. Since the
Americus, Preston and Lumpkin road
reached the station near the plantation
she once tried to enter one OF the coaches
Tor the purpose Of coming TO town, but
the door was not large enough TO admit
her and she was compelled to ride i'm on
fiat car. She is very piously inclined.
and attends church every Sunday. at
which time a two-horse wagon is fur
nishcd her. which, by the way. she fills
comfortably, and thus prepared she rides
through the plantation to the little log
church with as much pride at the distinc-
ton shown her as would Queen Victoria.
She IS a queer old genius, and with her
'old man" hopes TO live on and fnallvto
be buried on "Mars' Sans" domain.
probably the only home that either ever
ma. d.-Amertcty (Ga.) Heo0Tder.
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patent has been recently asked for a
new process by which il is proposed to
use the waste coal piles at the mouth Of
every coal mine and convert the culm
into sort Of gas that can be used as
natural gas is used. The culm is TO be
broken up in pieces and run into hop
per. Out Of the hopper IL comes i'm parti-
cles, and is fed to an air.blast. This
blast is broken into different chambers.
and in circulating around each chnmbcr
the PARTICLES Of the culm rub against each
other, until by the time the last chamber
Is reached they are reduced 90 q fine dust
that floats around In the air-current.
When the last air-chamber is reached the
culm passes through a 10 mesh. and
comes out in dark cloud. II is then fed
through pipes like gas The PARTICLES of
coal float in the air. and combine with the
oxygen Of the air 10 make a hot fire.
The inventor claims that this fuel will
make no smoke, but will be an consumed
before reaching the smoke-stack, owing
70 ITS bncness The trouble with the i'm.
vention is that IL can be used only ON d
large scale.-SQfttV VQlUe.
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ArIstoeratle Frog Spearlnr.

Frog spoaring is a questionable kind
OF amusement which, it appears, is at
present INDUCED in by many aristocratic
idiers who are trying 10 Kill the long
summer days in country seats. The
latest instance of this peculiar kind of
sport took place in the grounds Of the
Chateau Of Bellancourt. After luncheon
q party Of ladies and gentlemen, armed
with weapons resembling cross bows, tho
arrows being Of hazel-wood, with long
lance-heads and attached TO the bow by
silken strings, so as 20 enable the frogs
to be hauled in, proceeded to the banks
Of pond. Then there was a great deal
of unccrcmOnious stopping down as the
frogs appeared, and arrows were Let of
in all directions, the slaughter being con-
siderable on the part Of those who pur-
sued the sport for the purpose of bag
ging game The impaled batrachians
were in all cases carefully collected and
handed over 10 the cooks. Taris Letter.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-22
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Politics began when Joseph was sold
out by his brethren. Picdyune.
About the first thing lost at sea was
the sight of land. -- Carl Protyol
There is striking resemblance be
tween pugilists. Merchant 7rdCeler.
Some Of the best blood in the land
runs through the mosquitoes veins. -
GoodalFs Sun.
Why is tia crime for n banker TO enter
upon II partnership with blacksmith
Because II is forgery - Washington critic.
Curiously enough, the man who is al
ways in "A pickle docsen't preserve his
temper worth cent. RurtingtOa Free
Press.
Returns from summer militia encamp,
mcnts award the first prize to the mos.
quito for unerring accuracy IN target
practice. - Inter Ocean.
Alas how disappointment frowns,
When hope most bright Is gleam'RI
The stitches put In wedding gowns
Are oft but idle scanning
Merchant Traveller
"Hollo, Jack, where you bccn;" "Col.
Letting" "What successr "Bad. pve
rummaged the city from one end to
another, and ! can't find man that owes
me cent. "-PhiladeipAia MeWs.
All things are new-the buds, the leaves
That gild the elm trees nOdding crest,
And even the nest beneath the enves
There are no birds in last years nest.
All things arc old-joke, incident,
That I'LL the papers East aud West
And even the clown beneath the tent,
There is no fun in last years jest.
-GOOddIrs Sun
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-22
Strange nnnsehnla Pots-

A strange bequest and a strange house
hold pet was that which my friends
father received from his grandmother
II was a land turtle that She had cared
for and pctted for forty years. 70 had
the range Of the house, answered 10 lie
name Dan, would come after it's food
and eat 10 out Of the hand When
ready to take his long winter sleep Dan
would peck at the bureau. when his
mistress would wrap him in Hannels and
tuck him away in q draw, where he re.
mained dormant until spring. Dan lived
five years with the legatec, and when he
died an alligator took its place. The
latter thrives aud IS ns tenderly cared
for az a pet canary or Scotch terrier
would be. American GTocer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-22
GENERAL NEWS.
HOME AND ronnroN nuDoEr
Important Facts Recorded In Com
else Style.
Eastern aud Middle stateS


\ PRELIMINARY organization OF the new
American party has been made in Pittsburgh.
THREE men were buried alive under 10
Icot OF earth hy a cave-in at the new ac-
Gucduct, Nonkcrs, ~ y.
TuE Governor of Connecticut has received
from Colonel Thomas e.. Jones, Of Alabama,
the old battle flag OF the Sixteenth Connects
cut Volunteers, captured at Plymouth, NC,
I'm April, 1864.
Tux Pennsylvania Railroads roundhouse.
machine shops five locomotives aud six
tanks were destroyed by fro at Lewistown,
Pom.
c. Il. IpE, a Sunday school Superintendent
OF Glons Falls, n, Y, and bookkeeper of thu
First National Bank, has confessed 10 stealing
$lNOO of the institutions funds.
Ham Mosr, the Anarchist leader. wanted
To declare his Intentions of becom'r. = ci' 81
of the United States i'm New York a few days
ago; hut as the questions put to him regarding
ms allegiance to the laws of this country wero
unsatisfactory, his application was refused.
TuREE sets OF triplcts competed for Presi-
uent lleNelands $40 prize ut the East Aurora
a. W fair, and several colorcd babes were
entered for Governor Hills $25 prize
TnE New York Republican State Conven-
ton, held i'm Saratoga nominated the follow
ing ticket For Secretary OF State, Frederick
Dent Grant; Controller, Judge Jesse Lam
nreuN state Treasurer, James III. Carmichael: :
Attorney General, James A. Dennison !;
state Engineer and Surveyor, q. III. b. Cor
nell. Tho platform adopted denounces Glove
lands administration; favors a protective
tariff and the civil service reform laws; de
mnnds fair election I'm every part of tho
country; denounccs the "nippant, sneering
language of President Cleveland's We
tocs of the pension bills and his
Confederate battle flag order; calls for.
the establishment Of laws and regulations
To prevent the coming TO our shores of dis
reputable and undesirable persons;n favorYa
the restriction Of the liquor traffic and the
protection Of genuine dairy products; calls
for cheap transportation and sympathizea
with Ireland in It's struggle for homo rule.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-22

a Danish officer is pictured to us
making observations In regard % the de
Walton Of rifle bullets One day. when
walking on the ramparts at Duppel. he
saw q Prussian shorpshOoter taking aim
at him. While the soldier placed him
self against % tree. in order to take n
steadier aim. the officer raised his glass
To- watch his movements. ''This IS an
right said ho "the musket Is lust on
"a line with my breast we shall see -
The trigger was pulled, and the Danish
officer quietly wrote down "At dis
tance Of about 500 yards the deviation Of
a ball from q rihed musket is about one
metre '- Chamjcrs's J0uFaaJ
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Washington.

A TREASURY AGENTS report on the
tNlaskan seal fisheries says 80 900 sealslSins
have been unlawfully taken the past season
by marauders
THE International Medical CONGRESS
ended on Saturday. Resolutions compH-
mentary ~ tie es.,.ent biid -..ls. 14eyO...ld
we're passed.
The President has pardoned Thomas r.
knight, John A. Brooks and Henry Patz, OF
Arkansas, convicted OF murder He was sat
isiied that rashness, not malice, influenced the
eT,mo.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-22

a German man Of science Dr. Krausa
Of Halle) not long ago made some studies
about fruit trees lie says that they slocp
during the day, and do most of their
growing by night The fruit Of the
cherry laurel for example, increases nine
times as fast in the night as in the dav
Apples, however, are not quite so lazy
during the day, for their rate Of growth
Mt night is so per cent, and 20 per cent.
by day that IS To- say, they toll only
four times as quickly by night as by
day.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-22

Mrs. Moncybags 60 her husband)--
wow understand me, Mr. MoueybaQs.
unless ] can sit on The right-hand side of
thc SHIP / don't want any meals 40 all. "
Mr. Moneybags why, my dearT'
Mrs Moncybags 'T heard some one
say iho star board would be ON that side.
aud guess were rich enough % have the
best. ~ Helpsr's BQsar.
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u is not generally known that pearl
fishing is carried on in the rivers Of
Saxony. a family by the name Of
schmerier has for generations had the
monopoly Of following this pursuit for
the benefit Of the State. The Weisse
Elstcr and its tributaries furnished last
year ono hundred pearls Formerly the
yield was much greater and in the six
teenth century pearl fishing was con
Idcred In SaxOny Of rather more i'm.
pOrtance than the mining industry.
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noe Ds.
PEsSTNIsN.

PESSIMISM.
he world grows cold as the world grows old.
For tender are the hearts of men,
And the warmth that is lost in n cruel frost
win never be found again.
OPTIMISM.
ne world grows sweet as the centuries meet,
FOR Faith and Hope still sing;
ioelr voices soar above the tempest's roar:
Love Is eternal kingln
-Emma Q. Do,cd.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-09-22

According 10 pioneering i'm New
Guinea" the native savapes carry the
doctrine Of moral hcrodity TO civilized
lengths. The Erema believe that men
are good or bad by inheritance. aud that
there are no future punishmcnts for the
one or rewards for the other One Of
the pretty legends of the Namau is that
man sprang from thc earth and woman
WIS sent down frOm heaven as com-
panion for him.